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Migrating from b2evolution to WordPress

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Tutorial

The migration principle is rather simple:

  • You have to export the blog content in a MovableType format with the skin I created : _MtExport
  • You need to tidy it up a bit.
  • You import it in WordPress with its import tool
  • You smile

I had to create a skin to be able to export most of the blog data. Previous existing plugins were either useless nor downloadable. So I tried to match most of the Movable Type specifications:  Movable Type import/export format. _MtExport can export :

  • AUTHOR
  • TITLE
  • BASENAME
  • DATE
  • STATUS
  • ALLOW PINGS
  • ALLOW COMMENTS
  • PRIMARY CATEGORY
  • CATEGORY: (Toutes les autres)
  • KEYWORDS: (les tags)
  • BODY

About the comments, they are present and their important fields too :

  • COMMENT:
    • AUTHOR
    • EMAIL
    • DATE
    • URL
    • IP

Rather complete ? So, dive into this guide to know the rest and download the skin  _MtExport. Continue reading →

Exporting b2evolution in MovableType format

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Introduction

For the purpose of the migration from my b2evolution blog to WordPress (the complete tutorial is here – in french for the moment) , I had to write a skin that can format the b2evolution output in the Movable Type format. This article allows you to download it and presents if quickly.

_MtExport

_MtExport is able to ouput :

  • AUTHOR
  • TITLE
  • BASENAME
  • DATE
  • STATUS
  • ALLOW PINGS
  • ALLOW COMMENTS
  • PRIMARY CATEGORY
  • CATEGORY: (Toutes les autres)
  • KEYWORDS: (les tags)
  • BODY

About the comments, they are preserved and the following fields are part of the output:

  • COMMENT:
    • AUTHOR
    • EMAIL
    • DATE
    • URL
    • IP

Mostly complete ?

Download

You can get or reuse the project as part of the CeCILL-B licence. Project is available on my github : https://github.com/FrenchW/MtExport

Installation

Installation is rather simple. Extract the archive content in a folder called “_MtExport”. You’ll then upload this folder into your blog /skins folder.

You’ll then have to go to the skins to activate it and preview it. If needed, the previsualisation url meets this form http://<yourBlog>/?tempskin=_MtExport&redir=no

Feel free to comment and add your thoughts. I’ll try to provide some help if needed.